Jihadis in Jammu and Kashmir : a portrait gallery / K. Santhanam ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Santhanam, K.

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jammu and Kashmir (India)--Politics and government.

Jammu and Kashmir (India).

Terrorism--India--Jammu and Kashmir.

Terrorism.

India--Jammu and Kashmir.

Physical Description:

282 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage ; New Delhi : Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, [2003]

Summary:

Pakistan's relentless attempts to seize the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) from the Indian Union are well known and documented. Yet little is known about the pattern of terrorist activities and the strategies used by the different tanzeems, or organisations, especially during the troubled decades from 1980 to 2000.

The book begins with a brief overview of the origins of the dispute between India and Pakistan over Jammu and Kashmir. It continues by providing details of thirtyone tanzeems' or organizations involved in terrorist activies in the region, their arms supply, training and funding, and also their links with organisations outside India. It concludes with an examination of the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir with the armies of India and Pakistan deployed on the Line of Control (LOC).

Coming at a time when the people of Jammu and Kashmir go to the polls to decide their future, this timely book will find a wide readership, both among the lay public and academics.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0761997857

OCLC:

51088080